Abstract
This paper provides closed-form plastic limit load solutions for elbows with local wall thinning under in-plane bending, via three-dimensional (3-D), small strain FE limit analyses using elastic-perfectly plastic materials. Wide ranges of elbow and thinning geometries are considered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 517-520 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Key Engineering Materials |
| Volume | 345-346 I |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Elbow
- FE limit analysis
- Limit load
- Local wall thinning
- Small strain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering